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Slovenia’s DPA Finds Cloud Computing Provider a (Joint) Controller of Personal Data

Slovenia’s Information Commissioner (IC) ordered a cloud computing provider (a public administration body) to enter into written arrangements with its clients, in accordance with the provisions of Article 26 of GDPR. In its view, the fact that the clients (controllers) ...Mehr lesen

Multiple online pharmacies under investigation for the use of Facebook Pixel

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (“the Swedish DPA”) is currently investigating four online pharmacies in Sweden for their use of Facebook Pixels on their websites which has resulted in the transfer of personal data to Facebook. The investigations were ...Mehr lesen

Analysis of the recent activity of the Portuguese Supervisory Authority - What to expect?

It has been perceived that the sanctioning activity of the Portuguese Supervisory Authority has been fundamentally focused on public entities, which may suggest that for private companies the verification of compliance with GDPR has been less demanding. An example is the ...Mehr lesen

Das sagt der Präsident von Eurocloud Swiss über digitale Souveränität

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Biden’s Executive Order – A UK Perspective

This article discusses the content of and responses to President Biden’s executive order implementing the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the potential impact on UK data transfers. ...Mehr lesen

Data Act – one of the key regulation proposals for the EU data economy of the future

Data is certainly a valuable commodity for the digital economy and society. As part of the 2020 European Data Strategy, the European regulators are working to develop new rules in order to ensure greater and fairer data flows and unlock the potential and value of data ...Mehr lesen

A new member has joined the INPLP: Burak Ozdagistanli (Turkey)

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Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law: what are impacts on data protection?

Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law entered into force on 17 December 2021 in the Member States (the “whistleblowing Directive”). While the transposition ...Mehr lesen

Right of access to data: the Italian Data Protection Authority fines company 70,000 euros for failure to respond fully.

The Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante Privacy”) has imposed a fine of 70,000 euros on a data controller for failing to provide complete, intelligible and easily accessible response to a request-submitted by one of its employees- to access to data processed as ...Mehr lesen